Training

This core three day instructor led course is designed to give you the comprehensive skills needed to design, build and maintain BusinessObjects 6.5, BusinessObjects XIR1/XIR2, and BusinessObjects XI 3.0 universes.

You should attend this course to understand universe design concepts and terminology, as well as the role of universes in relation to BusinessObjects reporting tools. The course provides an overview of the process for planning, designing and creating a universe and then walks you through the process of designing a universe that responds to identified requirements.

The business benefit of this course is that you will learn best-practice methodology for creating universes that respond to your reporting requirements. Through well-designed universes, report designers and business users will be able to create reports without having to know anything about the underlying data source or structure.

• Define BusinessObjects universe concepts
• Use the Universe Development Cycle

• Describe the course database and universe
• Create the universe

• Populate the universe structure
• Define joins in a universe

• Describe classes and objects
• Create classes and objects

• Explain measure object concepts
• Create measure objects
• Create delegated measure objects

• Understand loops
• Resolve loops using shortcut joins
• Resolve loops using aliases
• Resolve loops using contexts

• Understand SQL traps and universes
• Resolve fan traps
• Resolve chasm traps

• Create a list of values
• Work with LOVs in Designer
• Create a cascading LOV

• Restrict the data returned by objects

• Use @ Functions

• Work with hierarchies

BusinessObjects Web Intelligence XI 3.0: Report Design

To be successful, you must have working knowledge of:

• SQL and relational database management systems concepts and structures
• Familiarity with the type of data and the logical structure of the databases in their organization
• Familiarity with BusinessObjects Web Intelligence report building

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